Pros: Cheap. It was fast while it lasted.

Cons: It died after less than 3 months of occasional use. Now unable to successfully format in Windows or Linux.

Overall Review: Some card readers now report its size normally (1.90GB), others say 975MB? SDFormatter by Panasonic for Windows claims the write-protect switch is set... Looks like 1/2 the flash in it went to meet the great CPU in the sky. I suppose you get what you pay for. Never again will I stray from S*****k.

Pros: RMA process is easy.

Cons: Arrived DOA, a first for me on Newegg. It grinds, tries to spin up over and over, and hangs the BIOS.

Overall Review: I have another one of these, along with several 2TB WDs, running long & strong. (1 five Egg for that one + 1 one Egg for this one) / 2 = 3 Eggs. It was packaged decently, I don't believe the DOA was Newegg's fault.

Pros: Worked like a charm while it lasted.

Cons: Died after about a dozen uses. Power supply gets too hot to not worry about. Not for unattended use. Made in China; poor solder work. Came with a brandless HS002-5-12 supply.

Overall Review: Where are the respected manufacturers? It seems like Newegg sells thousands of these across all the different brands, and they each have at least a few complaints of mass destruction! I'd gladly pay 4 times the price if I could get one that didn't cause worry about the health of my drives and motherboard, and lasts at least a few years of intermittent use. I have an excellent Thermaltake SATA dock, but we need IDE and laptop IDE too! Disclaimer: I did not purchase this from Newegg.

Pros: Inexpensive, mostly functional. Blue LED is purty.

Cons: It works great with my Western Digitals, but doesn't work at all with my Maxtors (!?)

Overall Review: I don't know what is up with this. Maybe the Maxtors need more current than this can provide? Tried all jumper settings, they just don't even spin up.